Liberals back Tories on Afghan mission, reject calls for vote

tuvor

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Mon Mar-20-06 08:44 AM
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Liberals back Tories on Afghan mission, reject calls for vote

OTTAWA -- The Liberals appear to be lining up solidly behind the Conservative government over the mission in Afghanistan, rejecting NDP calls for a parliamentary vote on the matter.

"We are against a vote because it's a responsibility of the executive and because we should not second-guess when we have an important mission to succeed," Liberal foreign affairs critic St�phane Dion said yesterday on CTV's Question Period.

Just three weeks ago, Liberal defence critic Ujjal Dosanjh spoke out vigorously in favour of a House debate while clearly leaving the door open to a vote on the Afghan mission.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060320.AFGHANISTAN20/TPStory/National

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MrPrax

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Mon Mar-20-06 11:14 AM
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1. Well then...

I guess Jack and his party should really consider that merger--lots of common ground on this issue...

:eyes:

So this is Stephane Dion, a potential French Canadian leadership hopeful, bucking the trend in Quebec that shows much more opposition to the Afghanistan mission than anywhere else?

Hope that works out for you, fool...

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